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¶How y^• duke of Lancastre with a gre¦te hoost went into Flaūdres & passed by Parys thrugh Burgon & thrugh all fra¦unce tyll he come vnto Burdeux.

SOane after in the .xlviii. yere of the regne of kynge Edwarde the duke of Lancastre with a greate power went into Flaūdres & passed by Parys thrugh Burgon & thrugh all Fraūce til he come vnto Burdeux without ony ma¦ner withstandynge of y^• Frensshmen / & he dyd them but lytell harme sauf he to¦ke & ra••••oned many places & townes & many men & lette theym go after frely. The same yere y^• kynge set certayne am¦bassatours to y^• pope prayenge hym y^• he sholde leue of & medle not in his court of the kepynge & reseruacyons of benefyc{is} in Englonde. & that tho y^• were thosē to bysshopp{is} sees & dygnetees frely & w^t ful myght Ioy & haue & be confermed to y^• same of theyr metropolytans & Archbys¦shops as they were wonte to be of olde ty¦me. Of these poyntes & of other touchȳ¦ge the kynge and his reame / whan they had theyr answer of y^• pope / the pope en¦ioyned them y^• they sholde certefy hym a yen by theyr letter of the kynges wyll & of his reame or they determyned oughte of the forsayd artycles. ¶In this same yere deyed Iohn̄ the Archebysshop of yor¦ke / Iohn̄ bysshop of Ely / wyllyam bys∣shop of worcestre. In whos stedes folow¦ed & were made bysshops by auctoryte of y^• pope. mayster Alexander Neuyll to y^• Archbysshopryche of yorke / Thomas of Arūdell to the bysshopryche of Ely. and syr Henry wakfelde to the bysshopriche of worcestre. In the whiche tyme it was ordeyned in the parlement y^• all Cathe∣drall chirches sholde Ioy & haue theyr e¦leccōns hole & y^t the kynge fro y^• tyme af¦terwarde sholde not wrytte ayenst them y^• were chosen / but rather helpe them by his letters to theyr confirmacōn / & thys statute dyd moche profyte ¶And in this parlemēt was graūted to the kyng a dy¦me of the clergye & a .xv. of lay fee. ¶In the .xlix. of y^• regue of kynge Edwarde deyed mayster wyllyam wytlesey Arche¦bysshop of Caūterbury / & the monkes of the same chirche asked & desyred a Car¦dynall of Englōde to be Archbysshop. & therfore y^• kynge was agreued & ment & purposed to haue exyled y^• monkes of y^• same. And they spended moche good or they myghte haue the kynges grace ayen and his loue but yet wolde y^• kynge not consente ne graunte to theyr eleccyon of the Cardynalle ne of the pope alsoo ne hys Cardynales. ¶And atte the begyn∣nynge of Auguste it was treated and spo¦ken atte Bruges of certayne poyntes / and artycles hangynge bytwene the po¦pe and the kynge of Englonde / and this treates lasted almooste tho yere. And at the laste it was accorded bytwene theym that the pope fro that tyme forth sholde not vse ne dele w^t the reseruacōns of be∣nefyces in Englonde / and that the kyn¦ge sholde not graūe ne lette no benefyt{is} by his wrytte that is called (Quare im∣pedit) But as touchynge the eleccyon a∣boue sayd / there was no thynge touched ne done. And that was wyted and putte vpon certayne clerkes the whiche rather supposed and hoped to be auaūced and promoted to bysshopryches whiche they desyred and coueyted by the court of Ro¦me rather than by ony other eleccyons / ¶ This same yere about Candelmasse there mette togyde atte Bruges many

noble & worthy men of bothe sydes and reames to trete of peas bytwene tho two kynges. And this tret{is} lasted two yere w^t grete tostes & large expenses of both par¦tyes. And at the last they went & depar∣ted thens without ony accorde or effecte The next yere after y^• .l. yere of kyng ed¦ward y^• .iiii. Non̄ of May beyng yet voy¦de & vacaūt y^t Archbysshopryche of Caū¦terbury mayster Symonde sudbery bys∣shop of Londō was made Archbysshop & mayster wyllyam courteney y^• was bys¦shop of Herford was thā made bysshop of London / & y^• bysshop of Bangor was made bysshop of Herforde. ¶And thys same tyme in a certayne treates & spekȳ¦ge of peas trewes was takē bytwene thē of Fraūce & Englonde fro mydsomer to mydsomer come ayen an hole yere / & a¦bout y^• begȳnynge of Apryll y^• duke of Brytayne with many erles barons and worthy lordes & men of Englond went ouer see into Brytayne where he hathe had all his luste desyre & puropse ne had the forsayd trewes bt so sone taken the whiche letted thē. ¶This same tyme y^• yle of Constantyne where y^• the castel of saynt Saueour is in. y^• longe tyme was foughten at & besyeged of y^• Frensshmē than yelde to y^• Frensshmen w^t all the ap¦portenaūces into grete harme & hyndrȳ¦ge of y^• reame of Englonde. And this sa¦me yere there were so grete & so passynge hetes & therwith all a greate pestylence in Englonde & in other dyuerse partyes of y^• worlde y^• it destroyed & slewe vyolen¦tly & strongly both men & wymen with¦out nōbre. This same yere deyed sir Ed¦warde y^• lorde spencer a worthy knyght & abolde & in y^• mynster of Teukesbu∣ry worshipfully is buryed. And lastynge this pestilence y^• pope at y^• instaūce and prayer of an Englysshe Cardynale gra¦unted to all people y^• deyed in Englond y^• weresory & repentaūte for theyr syn∣nes and also shryuen full remyssyon by two bulles vnder lede .vi. monethes than next to laste. ¶In this same yere the er∣le of Penbroke was taken and cas••••oned by Bartram Claykyn bytwene Patys & Calays as he come towarde Englōde vpon saynt Atheldredes daye y^• whiche saynt as it was sayd y^• erle oftentymes had offended & within a lytyll while af¦ter he deyed / ¶And in Nouembre nexte after there mette at Bruges the duke of Lancastre and the duke of Angoy with many other lordes and prelates of bothe reames for to treate of peas.